Russian leader Vladimir Putin has said the private Russian mercenary group had no legal basis.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the group had no legal basis.The Kremlin says the status of the privateneeds to be "considered", after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the group had no legal basis.
The defence ministry said this week that Wagner was completing the transfer of its weapons to the regular army under the accord with the Kremlin that brought the mutiny to an end.Putin told Kommersant that he had offered Wagner mercenaries the opportunity to keep fighting for Russia during a meeting held five days after the mutiny but suggested Prigozhin be moved aside in favour of a different commander.
Under the terms of the agreement ending the 23-24 June mutiny, Prigozhin was meant to go into exile in Belarus, a close ally of Russia. However, he has not been seen in public since June 24 and his current whereabouts are unknown.
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